five minutes with… fantails childcare · 2019-11-21 · the development day with silverdale...
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Five Minutes With…
What room are you in? Front desk (Office Manager)
I grew up in… Whangaparaoa, New Zealand
If you came to my house for dinner you would have… Homemade wood fired pizza
My favourite place is… The beach
In my car I listen to… 80s to mid 90s music
Early bird or night owl… Haha neither
My friends would describe me as… Happy and kind
If I wasn’t an admin, I would be… An accountant or a helicopter pilot
The colours that makes me happy are… Fuchsia and Green
My favourite game as a child was… Connect four
Sweet or savoury… Sweet
The best day of the year is… Christmas day
My hidden talent is… Sketching
My dream holiday would be… Santorini, Canada and Sydney
I love the smell of… Roses
Being a admin… Is nice because I get to meet lovely families :-)
I love to… Be creative and go for coastal walks.
My favourite season is… Summer
Newsletter
www.fantailchildcare.co.nz Kia Ora Parents and Whānau,
Thank you to all the Fathers, uncles and grandfathers that joined us
for our Fathers Day Come and Play. We hope you all enjoyed the BBQ
and fun activities. It was great to see another great turn out.
Don’t forget to visit our ‘Fantails Silverdale’ Facebook page to see more photos!
Fantails Childcare
Newsletter
SILVERDALE
September 2019
In the Babies room…
This month we have enjoyed pyjama
day, our children all came dressed in
their cosy warm PJS. We celebrated
this by reading lots of stories, new and
old favourites and cosying up on
Pam’s big mattress with our friends
and our teddies.
We spent a lot of the month
preparing for our wonderful father’s day come and play, it was so
lovely to have our whānau join us to celebrate our fantastic fathers
and to share kai and have fun showing our dads and grandads what
we get up to here at fantails.
Again we have had a number of big two year olds head next door to
the toddlers, we of course celebrated their birthdays and sang
farewell. It is wonderful to see our babies taking on this next stage of
their learning journey with such ease and confidence. As we say
farewell we also say welcome to some new babies joining us and we
are so excited for you and your whanau to be a part of our fantails
family.
Our tamariki are really enjoying music and movement at the
moment, particularly the chicken dance, we listen to it every day
along with old, much loved, favourites, ‘Baby Shark’ and ‘Sleeping
Bunnies’. Our babies are getting very good at the actions that go
along with the songs. If you have any songs that your child likes let us
know and we could play it here at fantails for them.
Our babies have been really enjoying testing their gross motor skills
and climbing. We encourage our children to climb on boxes that we
made and set them up like and obstacle course and put pillows and
mats on both sides for a safe landing.
Ingredients 1 serving
1 cucumber (8 inches)
4 slices salami (1¼ ounces)
2 slices low-sodium deli ham (1¼
ounces)
Land Frost Premium Sliced Honey Ham
1 Lb
2 slices low-sodium Swiss cheese (1¾
ounces)
⅓ cup julienned carrots
1 cup baby spinach
1 kiwi, halved
Strawberries 1 Lb
3 pitted black olives
5 cherry tomatoes
3 Colby-Jack cheese stars ( ¾ ounce)
Literacy is in the fore front of our
planning and we continue to
explore different ways of
learning. The Flyers practice
‘Jolly Phonics’ daily and love
singing the songs throughout the
day. Through play the Flyers are
learning important skills to guide
them as together we explore
and extend their interests.
Father’s Day was a blast we sang or special song in front of our dads,
granddad and uncles. The children had been practicing this song for
a couple of week and they didn’t need a lot of assistance from the
teachers. It was great to spend time with our dads and show them
how much we love and appreciate them. The children are learning
to widen their social interactions and development of a sense of
others. Through this experience the Flyers are expanding their
understanding of celebrations and cementing their awareness
of what’s important to them.
Te reo word: Mahuru
September
In the Preschool Room…
What a month, we have been
so busy. The children are
showing an increasing interest in
sea creatures. This is partially
due to our trip to Kelly Tarltons,
as well as a number of Flyers
who have an ongoing interest in
this topic. As a result we are
changing our learning focus to
Marine Life.
At Kelly Tarltons and saw the
penguins, sharks, stingray and so
many different creatures of the
sea. Through this experience the
children are widening their
knowledge and understanding
of the natural world. They are
also experiencing natural
science first hand; this sparks
their curiosity and extends their
exploration.
The Development Day with Silverdale School was so much fun the
children went into the classroom with the Silverdale pupils and played
along each other. This is valuable to the Flyers as they are learning
and experiencing what school life looks like. This helps with transition
as it reassures and takes the unknown out of the process.
The Flyers are continuing to master their independent self-help skills,
by practicing putting on their clothing and shoes. This not only
encourages independence, it also empowers them and gives them a
sense of achievement.
In the Toddlers room…
Our current focus is about our feelings as our toddlers are becoming
more independent and asserting their autonomy they can struggle
with expressing themselves verbally and how experiences make them
feel. Our teachers have been discussing these feelings at mat times
and in spontaneous moments throughout the day. We encourage
parents to also have these discussions about feelings at home to
support these connections for their children and that it is normal to
express themselves.
We had a fun pyjama dress up day
with everyone wearing their favourite
warm and cosy pjs. Next on the
agenda this month was our exciting
trip to Kelly Tarltons what a wonderful
experience for our toddler to go out
into the community for more
educational learning. Thanks to all
the parents that came along to
support us.
This month’s big celebration was Father’s day so children made pre-
sents and cards for their beloved dads, grandads and uncles. What
better way to celebrate dads than with a sausage sizzle, playdough
fun and planting pot plants.
In the Juniors room…
Our two new additions to the room (fish) now have a name ‘Nemo’
and ‘Dory’. This was decided by all the children in the room, first
asking ideas for names and then voting on the choices, both these
names were clear favourites.
The interest in ‘Fairy tales is still strong so we are continuing to extend
this by making props for our plays and setting up different art activities
to enhance the stories we are learning. Through this experience the
children are learning early literacy skills and developing their
imaginations and extending their social skills.
We have started with ‘The Three Little Pigs’ and the children have
enjoyed acting out the story and making straw and stick houses. It is
great to see the children’s enthusiasm around these stories. Next is
the ‘The Gingerbread Man’ and ‘Goldilocks And The Three Bears’ ,
we are looking forward to exploring
different ways to communicate and
extending learning through this area of
the curriculum.
We all had great fun on Pyjama Day, all
the Teachers in the room dressed as ‘My
Little Ponies’ and looked very colourful
in pink onesies.
This month our big highlight was our trip to
Kelly Tarltons, we all had so much fun, first on
the bus ride where we sang songs and
identified building or objects that we know –
especially the Sky Tower. When we got there
we went straight to the penguins and
watched them swimming in the water and
standing on the cold ice. There were
penguins that were fluffy we found out they
were babies – they were as big as the parents! Some of the other
highlights were colouring in our own fish then scanning it up to the big
screen and watch it come to life, also the tunnel where we saw the
sharks and stingray. It was great to have so much parent help, which
helped make this a fantastic trip. Through this experience the children
are learning more about the natural world and increases their social
competence.